Combined skirt support and shirt waist holder



Patented Ian. l7, I899. A. M. WOOD. Y COMBINED SKIRT SUPPORT AND SHIRT WAIST HOLDER. I

{Application filed Jan. 26, 1898.;

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" -L'ouis,State*0f lldissourifha've invented cer tain new and;usefull'mprovements in a-Co'm-l bined'Skirt Support and Sliirt Waist Holder, .of'which the following isa' full, clear, and ex Q act description, reference being had to the accompanying dra wings, forming a part thereof; My invention has relation to improvements combined skirt-supportsandshirt-waist I holders; and itconsists in the novel arrange ment' and combination of parts more fully set I forth in the specification and pointed out in 1-5 the claims. f' In the drawings, Figure 1 is .a.' -rear elevation of a corset-section, showing my device suspended frointh e'eyelets of the corsets; Fig.

*2 is; asection" online 2 2' "of Fig. 1, showing the attachment, however, in side elevation.

:Fig". 3 is,.a similar section showing, however,

the shirt-waist .over the corset and passed over the supporting-studs of the body portion or plate 'of my device. Fig. i is a perspective view of a bust, showing the relative position my device occupies on the corset and showing also a shirtwaist draw-n over the corset; and Fig. 5 isa perspective view of a skirt with safety-pins attached.

'The object of my invention is to construct a skirt support which shall at the same time hold the base of the shirt-waist in any predetermined position, thus preventing the latter from working up from under the skirt, an annoyance to which many wearers are ordinarily subjected. In detail the devicemay be described as followsz- -Referring to the drawings, 1 representsa corset, and 2 the lacing, passed through the rear eyelets 3 of the same. Adapted to be suspended from twoof the eyelets at points approximately onthe waist-line is a plate 4, alongwhose upper edge are cut and bent outwardly in a plane at right angles to the plate two pairs of cars or lugs, between the members of each pair of which is pivoted an arm 5, adapted to swing in a plane at right angles to the plate, each arm 5 having pivoted to its free end an ex ension 6, adapted to swing in a plane parallel. to the plate. Each extension 6 I isprovided with a terminal hodk 7, bywhich the plate can be suspended fr om tlie eyelets of the corset. The arms 5 'sw' ng in the plane referred 'to, in orderthat they niay aceominodate} themselves to any stoopiing posture of the wearega'nd-the extensions 6 swi'pgto and :lfroni eaehaother to accommodate themselves 'to. "the va"riable .distances'between the rear edges of thecorset, depe'ndin g on the amount the corset ihaybe let out in the back. Projecting from'the outer face of each plate 4, at points approximately under the pivotal points of thearms 5, are studs or buttons 8, connectedto the plate by shanks 9, substantially diamond shaped in cross-section,for a purpose 'to presently appear. Disposed along the inner surface-of the waistband'of the skirt 10 are safety-pins 11, the stationary wire of each of which is bent into an open loop 12, which is passed over the shank 9 of the button 8, thereby suspending the skirt directly from the plate 5t. Where no shirt-waist is worn,.thc loops of. the safety-pins are passed directly ,ov'erjtheshanks or the buttons, the yielding sides. of "the loop slipping over the inclined or beveled surfaces of the sides of the shank and hugging the latter closely when once in place. When a shirt-waist 13 is worn over the corset, the lower portion of the shirt-waist is passed under the skirt and. over the but-. tons or studs, the yielding nature of the shirtwaist enabling the loops of the safety-pins to be passed over the material of the Waist and the shanks of the studs over which it is initially passed. (See Fig. 3.)

In Fig. 1 I .have shown a section of the skirt supported from the button-shank. In

nated.

' ing from the nature of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim isw 1. In a combined.skirt-support and shirtwaist holder, a suitable plate, arms pivoted along the upper edge of the same and-swin ing ina plane at right angles to the plane of the plate,-extensions pivoted to the free ends of the arms and Y swinging parallel to the plate, andsuitable studs formed with or carried by the plate for'the support of the skirt,

substantially as set forth.

' 2. A combined skirt-support and shirtuaist holder comprising a suitable p1ate,fears 'bent fromthe body of'the platealoug the upin presence of two witnesses.

per edge thereof and at right angles to said plate,'arms pivoted between'the ears exte'nsious pivoted to the arms and swinging in,

the direction ol' the plane of the plate, terminal hooks at the free ends of the extensions, studshaving shanks substantially dia mend-shaped in cross-section connected to the plate at points below the pivoted ends of the arms, suitable safety-pins the shanks of the studs being embraced by thelooped ends of the safety-pins carried by the skirt-and the shirt-waist being adapted to be passed or folded about the studs and shanks befoietlie loops of the safety-pins are passed over the same, substantially as set forth.

3. Ina combined skirtsupport andshirt- "Waist holder, a suitable plate, suspending arms pivoted thereto, and swinging in-plane's both parallel to,'and; at right anglestotlie plate and studs carried by the plate, "sub-- stantially as set forth.

In testirnony whereof I afli'x my signature AUGUSTUS M. WOOD.

\Vitnesses: Fun: STAREK,

.1 No. L. SUTTON, Jr. 

